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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 52

Roman Empire, a Selection of Bronze Fractions (6): i) Domitian (AD 81-96), AE Quadrans, Rome, struck 84-85, rhinoceros standing right, rev. IMP DOMIT AVG GERM, around SC, 1.88g (RIC 249; BMCRE 496), good fine to very fine; ii) Nerva (AD 96-98), AE Quadrans, Rome, struck 96-98, IMP NERVA CAES AVG, modius with three corn-ears, rev. winged caduceus, S-C across fields, 2.43g (RIC 112; Cohen 138), detailed, toned, lustrous and rare, good very fine; iii) Trajan (AD 98-117), IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate and draped bust of Hercules right, rev. boar walking right, SC in exergue, 3.19g (RIC II 702; Woytek 602b), dark tone, good fine; iv) Hadrian (AD 117-138), AE Semis, HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. COS III, lyre, S-C across fields, 4.24g (RIC 758), good fine to very fine; Anonymous (2): v) temp. Domitian (AD 81-96), helmeted and cuirassed bust of Mars right, rev. cuirass, S-C across fields, 3.09g (RIC II 19; Cohen 26), very fine; vi) temp. Hadrian-Antoninus Pius (AD 117-161), griffin seated left, placing right forepaw on wheel, rev. tripod, S-C across fields, 2.27g (Cohen VIII, p. 271, 38; RIC II, p. 218, 28; van Heesch 25), fine; (6).

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The Lasomé Collection of Roman and Byzantine Coins


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